UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 30, 2011

Vail Resorts, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

Delaware
001-09614
51-0291762
 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 
 (Commission File Number) 
 (IRS Employer Identification No.) 


390 Interlocken Crescent
Broomfield, Colorado
 
80021
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (303) 404-1800
 

Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors ; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
Effective September 30, 2011, Vail Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into the First Amendment to the Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Robert A. Katz, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  The amendment eliminates provisions in the Agreement that previously provided for Mr. Katz:  (i) to receive cash severance benefits upon his voluntary resignation from the Company within six months following a change in control; and (ii) to be eligible to receive in certain circumstances tax gross-up payments on severance and other benefits payable in connection with a change in control.  No other changes were made to the Agreement.
 
The foregoing summary of the amendment to the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

A list of exhibits furnished herewith is contained on the Exhibit Index which immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

VAIL RESORTS, INC.

Date: September 30, 2011                                                    By:   /s/ Fiona E. Arnold
Fiona E. Arnold
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel

 
 
 
 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
Description
10.1
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated September 30, 2011, by and between Vail Resorts, Inc. and Robert A. Katz.


FIRST AMENDMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), is made and entered into as of September 30, 2011, by and between VAIL RESORTS, INC. (the “Company”), and Robert A. Katz (“Executive”).

RECITALS

A.           The Company and Executive entered into that certain Employment Agreement, dated October 15, 2008 (the “Agreement”); and

B.           The Company and Executive desire to amend the Agreement as follows.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Section 3(d) is hereby amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof:

“Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3(d) to the contrary, in the event of a termination by Executive for Good Reason solely pursuant to clause (v), Executive shall not be entitled to the payments contemplated by clause (w), (x) or (y) in this Section.”

2.           Section 17 is hereby deleted in its entirety.

3.           Except as modified by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

4.           This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

5.           The internal laws of the State of Colorado shall govern the construction and enforcement of this Amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.


VAIL RESORTS, INC.:

By:   /s/ Jeffrey W. Jones
Name:  Jeffrey W. Jones
Title:  Co-President and Chief Financial Officer


EXECUTIVE:
 
/s/  Robert A. Katz
Robert A. Katz